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CRACKING THE LINZ CIRCLE'S SECRET CODES: A SINGER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCHUBERT LIEDER

Leathers, Jane M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151698767

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2006, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Performance/Voice.
Building on recent biographical research, this thesis examines coded references with possible connections to homosexuality and/or desire in approximately twenty-five Schubert Lieder. Several recurring images will be identified in the texts of sixteen poets, specifically Bruchmann, Goethe, Hölty, Hüttenbrenner, Klenke, Mayrhofer, Platen, Rochlitz, Rückert, Salis-Seewis, Schiller, Schlechta, Schlegel, Schober, Schubart, and Seidl. Some of these poets were associated with the Linz circle, which was a society of writers formed in 1815 as a club for youth. Recurring images that may reference homosexuality or desire include “fishing” and “fishermen,” “roses” and “rosy cheeks,” “brooks” and “streams,” “East wind breezes,” “a thousand [kisses],” “verdant groves” and “driven search.” A chart with alternate meanings for the targeted images will be provided as a reference for the singer. An awareness of these references in Schubert’s Lieder enhances the singer’s understanding of this composer’s cultural milieu and thus aids in a more informed interpretation.
Myra Merritt (Advisor)
64 p.
Music
Schubert Lieder; Romantic Images; Romantic Poetry; Homosexual references; Fishing; Roses; Brooks; Eastwind; a Thousand Kisses; Verdant Groves; Driven Search

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  • Leathers, J. M. (2006). CRACKING THE LINZ CIRCLE'S SECRET CODES: A SINGER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCHUBERT LIEDER [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151698767

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Leathers, Jane. CRACKING THE LINZ CIRCLE'S SECRET CODES: A SINGER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCHUBERT LIEDER. 2006. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151698767.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Leathers, Jane. "CRACKING THE LINZ CIRCLE'S SECRET CODES: A SINGER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCHUBERT LIEDER." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151698767

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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